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This Week in History, 1858:

An estimated 30,000 miners flooded into what was then known as New Caledonia during the Fraser River Gold Rush. ....

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Mossback's Northwest: How we look at 'Mercer girls' today

A scheme to bring marriageable women to early Seattle was the basis for a 1960s TV series, 'Here Come the Brides.' But it wasn’t all calico and fun. ....

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